John David MCSWAIN William HAMRICK Thomas M MCSWAIN Rebecca COWART Mini tree diagram

Jane MCSWAIN1,3,2

about 18143 - 11th Jul 18863

Life History

24th Mar 1811

Born.3

(less likely)

about 1814

Born in North Carolina.1,2

(most likely)

16th Dec 1884

Death of William HAMRICK in Shelby, Cleveland, North Carolina.3

11th Jul 1886

Died.3

UNKNOWN

Married William HAMRICK in York County, South Carolina.3

The marriage date is uncertain for William and Jane.  Some have reported them born about 1828, in order to account for a child Elijah Hamrick born about 1828.  I have not found any evidence to tie this child to this couple.

A NC marriage record reports a marriage of William B Hamrick and Jane McSwain, which would appear to be our William and Jane, but the year is 1939, well after the documented birth of several children whose ages in the 1850 and 1860 censuses would have the oldest born in 1830.

North Carolina Marriage Collection, 1741-2004, ancestry.com
William B. Hamrick
Spouse: Jane Hamrick
Marriage 17 Nov 1839 Rutherford County, North Carolina
Source: County Court Records at Rutherfordton, NC & Family

The ceremony could very well have been performed in York County, SC, as one or more sources report, with the record filed in Rutherford Co, NC.  The Mcswains had family just 5-10 miles over the border in York Co, SC, and Louis H McSwain was a pastor there.  The records for both were held in Ruitherford County, since there was Court House in York County for a long time.

Notes

  • The Carolina Genealogy, reporting on the McSwain and related lines in Rutherford/Cleveland County, reports that Jane McSwain was born on 24 March 1811.  But other records reporting her age place her birth about 1814 or 1815.  There are other errors in this genealogy, so this birth date may also be wrong, and may even be for a different Jane McSwain.

    "Rebecca Cowart was born in 1754 in Virginia. She died after 1839. She married David McSwain about 1780 in York Co., South Carolina;  [child:]   Jane McSwain was born on 24 Mar 1811. She died on 11 Jul 1886."
    --  Carolina Genealogy, http://carolinagenealogy.org/all/pafg48.htm#51827

    Censuses place her birth more like 1814.

    1860 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 13 August, page 71 (scan 440), Hse/Fam #504
    William Hamrick 60 M Farmer $3100 Real Estate $6350 Personal b North Carolina [abt 1800]
    Jane Hamrick 45 F b North Carolina [abt 1815]

    1880 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 14 June, Township 3, District 12, page 67 (scan 494C), Hse/Fam #210
    Hamrick, William  W M 79    Married Farmer NC NC NC
    ---- Jane  W F 38 Wife Married Keeps House NC NC NC Cannot write

    1870 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 12 July, Township 3, PO Stices Shoals, page 13, Hse #93, Fam #99
    Hamrick, Wm  68 M W Farmer $1000 Real Estate $300 Personal  b North Carolina [b abt 1801]
    Hamrick, Jane 54 F W Keep House born North Carolina Cannot write [b abt 1816]

Sources

  • 1. 1880 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
    • 14 June, Township 3, Rippys, District 12, page 67 (scan 494C), Hse/Fam #210
  • 2. 1860 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
    • 13 August, page 71 (scan 440), Hse/Fam #504
  • 3. Carolina Genealogy

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